Lewis & Short

mistūra (mix-), ae, f. [misceo], a mixing, mingling (ante-class. and post-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.: mistura immoderata, Varr. ap. Non. 490, 28: rerum, Lucr. 2, 978: unguentorum, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 4.
      1. 2. In partic., carnal intercourse, copulation, with or without Veneris: externae Veneris mistura, Luc. 9, 899: cum fero, Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 213.
    1. B. Transf., concr., a mixture, compound: eā misturā os perfricatur, Col. 7, 5, 22: vas suppletur, id. 12, 10, 2; 12, 57, 1.
  2. II. Trop., a mixing, mingling: vitiorum atque virtutum, Suet. Dom. 3: raram facit mixturam cum sapientiā forma, beauty is seldom united with wisdom, Petr. 94: ex diversis, Quint. 1, 10, 6: mira figurarum, id. 9, 3, 40; cf. id. 9, 2, 37: aliorum generum cum aliis, id. 6, 3, 63: translationum, id. 5, 11, 22: verborum, id. 8, 2, 14.